NathanR

Okay, here's the deal:

About three weeks ago I had some friends over, and one of them managed to knock my Juniper off the balcony (I live on the third floor). My roommate told me after he had brought the tree up; and luckily the tree hadn't fallen out of the pot completely, and this gave me a good chance to inspect the roots. Seeing as though it was spring, I decided to repot the tree in some new soil.


Now the problem:

A week ago I started losing small branches, and today I was poking around in the dirt and noticed that when I repotted it I had left some open spaces in the dirt under the root ball. So I brought the whole tree out of the pot and now I'm back at the beginning! Upon further inspection I noticed that the roots may be dried out or are completley dead; what do Juniper roots look like when they are alive? This tree has a pretty fibrous root system, so there are few thick roots but none are white. Are they supposed to be whitish? Mine are dark red when wet and I see no white tips.

Right now I have it soaking in a bowl of water until I decide what to do with it. Is it dead? Is there still hope? This is not the first time this has happened, some one else knocked another Juniper I had off the balcony but that one survived. Does anybody have any answers or suggestions? Thanks a lot for any help!



Nathan

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